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This Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Trinity River Watershed Restoration Project (Project) has been prepared by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) office, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) to meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and evaluate restoration activities in the Trinity River watershed. Reclamation’s TRRP office is the lead federal agency for the proposed action and for NEPA authority. BLM and USFS are cooperating agencies.

 

The EA analyzes the environmental effects of proposed restoration activities intended to improve the ecological function of aquatic and riparian habitat for anadromous fish species. This EA would facilitate the implementation of future restoration actions within the Trinity River watershed through a streamlined NEPA process and applies to activities evaluated in this EA that have a federal nexus (projects on federal lands or funded through federal agencies or funding mechanisms), including site-specific projects on private lands. Project activities analyzed in this document may require site-specific surveys; additional decisions; permitting by regulatory agencies; coordination with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in regard to Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance; and compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), including consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), prior to implementation.

 

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